Dr Nighat Farooq Wadood.
nwadood@hotmail.com
Is there any third gender in the homo sapiens? Yesterday I was going though some videos on my mobile, suddenly I got attracted with the pic of a beautiful girl in tears.I played the video ,it was an interview of a transgender. I was quite moved by the agonic story of that girl.Today I thought should write something to give some awareness to the society who has a strong claw over the plight of these innocent people.There is nothing like a third gender in any of animal creature,by criticising the creation of Almighty is pushing us to challenge the the supreme being.In Quran and other Holy books of different religions, there is NO description of third gender.In Quran Allah says,its His discretion where He gives you only daughters,or only Sons or both or No offspring. If there was anything like transgender God would have indicated their social status,their rights like daughter/son,He Almighty would have thoroughly discussed about their religious and social rights.Thus we can not introduce a Third Gender when God has not given any instructions about them.I believe and science has proved there is some abnormality/deformity in hormones and other physical organs,its exactly as a child can be born blind,deaf,dumb ,handicap in some limbs etc.It is the demand of the hour to create awareness socially and religiously to give the due rights of the so called transgender. The parents should accept the deformity in their child without hesitation and stand at the back of their child and give them identity and individuality to such a child,which ever symptoms are dominent they should have that gender identity and rights.The parents instead of getting ashamed of such a child ,its not their fault as a child who is blind or mentally disorder.The society is to play a vital role to help them get strong position in the society.
